Anika Nilles Drops Drumstick During Rush Tour

Anika Nilles plays drums on Rush's Fifty Something tour. The tour included a concert appearance where Rush performed on stage at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. During the performance by Rush at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, the band played the song Tom Sawyer.

While Rush was performing the song Tom Sawyer at the Frost Bank Center, Nilles reached the drum solo section of the track. During this drum solo section of Tom Sawyer, Nilles dropped one of the drumsticks that she was holding in her hand. Nilles immediately took a spare drumstick right after dropping the drumstick. Once she had taken the spare drumstick, Nilles continued playing.

Following the moment when the drumstick fell to the floor during Tom Sawyer, Alex Lifeson picked up the dropped drumstick from the floor. After picking the drumstick up from the floor, Alex Lifeson threw the drumstick to the audience at the venue.

A similar drumstick incident also took place earlier on Rush's Fifty Something tour. On the first night of the Fifty Something tour, Nilles similarly dropped a drumstick while the song Xanadu was being played.